WordStats for Comp. 62 View the Azed Slip | ◀ 57 | 66 ▶ | Other competitions
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No. | Date | Clue word | Clue type | Clues |
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62 | May 1973 | SOLITAIRES | normal | 26 |
Competition 62’s average clue lengths over 26 clues:
45 letters per clue (equal to the archive average, and 2 below the average for 10-letter words)
9.4 words per clue (0.2 below the archive average, and 0.3 below the average for 10-letter words)
Longest clue (the 540th longest normal clue in the archive)
Diamonds offered to birds for indoor games – should make the permissive sort liaise
69 letters, 13 words, by M. Woolf
Shortest clue (the 295th shortest normal clue in the archive)
Loose tie or Silas? Both
19 letters, 5 words, by J. A. Fincken
Competition 62 has contributed 18 unique words to the clue archive:
A. J. Bulman | Anchorage |
T. Anderson | anchorages |
C. O. Butcher | Bottoms |
J. R. Kirby | bracing |
J. Coleby | caves |
L. H. Stewart | coves |
J. Coleby | diffused |
F. R. Palmer | engagements |
D. G. C. Mockridge | exclusive |
A. D. Legge | kibbutz |
D. F. Manley | kindled |
M. Woolf | liaise |
Miss M. J. Patrick | nymphet |
F. B. Stubbs | precocious |
Dr R. J. Palmer | soterial |
A. J. Bulman | stoppers |
J. Coleby | striae |
L. H. Stewart | swim |